There was a very nice optical telescope there (don't ask me where), but the site was overrun by a wildfire a few years back and the telescope/mirror was destroyed.
Wildfires are a risk up here, the site manager sets up fire sprinklers - VERY heavy-duty - whenever the risk is high. We've had fires start to come up the cliff that the observatory is on! The current site manager, he's retiring later this year, is also a member of one of the local volunteer fire depts.
I know there are radio telescopes in AU and maybe NZ (yes, I know the two places are a thousand miles apart), but that's not my wife's field.
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Wildfires are a risk up here, the site manager sets up fire sprinklers - VERY heavy-duty - whenever the risk is high. We've had fires start to come up the cliff that the observatory is on! The current site manager, he's retiring later this year, is also a member of one of the local volunteer fire depts.
I know there are radio telescopes in AU and maybe NZ (yes, I know the two places are a thousand miles apart), but that's not my wife's field.